{"id":156424,"date":"2025-11-27T13:57:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T13:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/156424\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T13:57:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T13:57:15","slug":"esdeekid-debuts-on-albums-chart-thanks-to-timothee-chalamet-theories","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/156424\/","title":{"rendered":"EsDeeKid Debuts on Albums Chart Thanks to Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet Theories"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tWelcome to Billboard Pro\u2019s\u00a0Trending Up<\/a>\u00a0newsletter, where we take a closer look at the songs, artists, curiosities and trends that have caught the music industry\u2019s attention. Some have come out of nowhere, others have taken months to catch on, and all of them could become ubiquitous in the blink of a TikTok clip.<\/p>\n

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\n\tThis week: Rumored similarities to an Oscar-nominated actor helps a U.K. rapper break out stateside, while a video game synch turns around a singer-songwriter\u2019s prospects and a likely AI-assisted Charlie Kirk tribute goes viral. <\/p>\n

\t\tEnglish Rapper EsDeeKid Turns Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet Conspiracy Theory Into Massive Streaming Gains\u00a0\t<\/p>\n

\n\tTimoth\u00e9e Chalamet may be hard at work on the Oscar campaign trail for his upcoming Marty Supreme film, but some fans think he\u2019s secretly balancing a second artistic career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter breaking through in 2024 with the Rico Ace-assisted \u201cBally,\u201d enigmatic Liverpool rapper EsDeeKid \u2014 who conceals his identity and sports a balaclava \u2014 has found a streaming breakthrough as 2025 draws to a close. On Nov. 11, user @gothauntie0 posted<\/a> a TikTok positing the theory that EsDeeKid is actually Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet; though it\u2019s all speculation and her evidence is purely circumstantial, the theory quickly took off across social media, spurring new listeners to familiarize themselves with his music.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tDuring the week of Nov. 7-13 (when the conspiracy theory first popped up), EsDeeKid\u2019s catalog earned over 5.8 million official on-demand streams, according to Luminate. The following week (Nov. 14-20), that figure jumped 54% to over 9.005 million official streams. Over the past three weeks, the underground rapper\u2019s catalog has exploded over 145% in streaming activity \u2014 which helped his debut album, June\u2019s Rebel, enter the Billboard 200 for the first time at No. 131 (on the chart dated Nov. 29).\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c4 Raws\u201d and \u201cPhantom\u201d are two of the set\u2019s buzziest tracks. During the week of Nov. 14-20, the former collected over 3 million official on-demand U.S. streams (up 56% over the past three weeks), while the latter earned 2.98 million streams (up 53% over the past three weeks). On Halloween (Oct. 31), EsDeeKid dropped \u201cCentury,\u201d which earned 1.68 million streams during Nov. 14-20, marking a two-week gain of 156%.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tNeither EsDeeKid nor Timoth\u00e9e Chalamet have commented on the matter \u2014 but, for now, their silence is golden. \u2014 KYLE DENIS\u00a0<\/p>\n

\t\tBershy\u2019s Video Game-Featured \u201cRadio\u201d Turns on a Career Revival\t<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cTwo weeks ago i didn\u2019t really think i\u2019d make music again,\u201d Cincinnati singer-songwriter Bershy (real name: Brea Shay) admitted in an Instagram post<\/a> last week. But things have turned around for her, as her post was celebrating the recent success of her 2022 synth-pop love song \u201cRadio\u201d \u2014\u00a0which has been enjoying an overdue viral moment after being featured in the hit new \u201csuperhero workplace comedy\u201d adventure video game Dispatch. <\/p>\n

\n\tThe disconcertingly catchy song is featured in an \u201cepisode six\u201d housewarming party scene within the game, which begins with the lead character Robert cueing the song (with visible name and cover art) on his phone. Since the Nov. 5 release of the episode, the song has absolutely exploded on streaming, with the song zooming from under 2,000 streams a week to nearly 1.9 million streams for the tracking week ending Nov. 9, according to Luminate. <\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cGet ready, Bershy,\u201d the official YouTube account of AdHoc Studio \u2014\u00a0the developer responsible for Dispatch \u2014 posted in the comments for the \u201cRadio\u201d music video. Indeed, it seems like she might have to putting those putting-the-career-on-hold plans on hold and tune in to her newfound virality. \u2013 ANDREW UNTERBERGER<\/p>\n

\t\tSeemingly AI-Generated Charlie Kirk Tribute Song Takes Streaming by Storm\u00a0\t<\/p>\n

\n\tA Charlie Kirk tribute song has quickly gone viral on TikTok \u2014 but people are laughing at the track\u2019s seemingly AI-generated vocals more than they\u2019re earnestly singing along.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tTitled \u201cWe Are Charlie Kirk,\u201d the song popped up on streaming on Sept. 16, just six days after its namesake was shot and killed. Spaxelma, an apparently AI-generated act with no social media presence, is behind the track, in addition to several faith-based albums (and a Charlie Kirk Forever Alive tribute album) that date back to May 2024. <\/p>\n

\n\tDuring the four-day period of Nov. 14-17, \u201cWe Are\u201d earned 56,000 official on-demand steams. A week later (Nov. 21-24), the abrasive torch song leapt 656% to over 423,000 streams. The most popular \u201cWe Are\u201d TikTok sound<\/a>, which appeared on the platform the same day the song hit streaming with the caption<\/a> \u201cthis is genuinely the worst song I\u2019ve ever f\u2014king heard in my life bro,\u201d boasts over 62,000 posts. Currently, \u201cWe Are Charlie Kirk\u201d is the only Spaxelma release to surpass one million Spotify streams.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe longevity of Spaxelma\u2019s breakthrough \u201chit\u201d remains to be seen, but it looks like Tom MacDonald may have some competition cut out for him. \u2014 K.D.\u00a0<\/p>\n


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